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Western School
District
Annual Report 2006
Parma, Michigan
John A. Dardzinski, Superintendent
William L. Coale, Ph.D., Superintendent
Blaine Goodrich, Curriculum Consultant
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The Mission of the Western
School District is to recognize and address the unique learning needs,
styles, and abilities of all students. The school and the community
cooperatively
accept the responsibility to ensure that our students become: self
directed and lifelong learners, collaborative workers, complex thinkers,
community contributors, and quality producers. |
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District Profile |
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The Western School District was formed
in 1958 by the merger of the Bean, Parma, Spring Arbor, and
Woodville Schools. At that time, we had approximately 1250
students, 70 employees, and operated on a budget of about $525,000.
The name, Western School District, was selected because of our
geographical location in Jackson County and to be impartial toward
any community or area within the newly formed district.
In September 1960, the new Western High School
was opened. Western Middle School was completed in February 1965.
Renovations were made to the high school and middle school buildings
with construction completed in August 2004. Additions were made to
our elementary schools in 1968 and the latest construction to these
buildings completed in 1997. The Western Community Arts Center was
built in 1992 and provides area residents with a facility which is
used year-round for various school and community activities. The
Woodville School was reopened as the Woodville Community Center in
1990 and has been filled each year with many classes and programs to
support district needs and activities.
Today the district provides educational
services for over 2850 students. We employ approximately 325 people
and are supported by an annual budget of approximately $22,000,000.
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THE WESTERN
GUARANTEE
If you hire a graduate of Western High School
and find that he or she lacks the basic skills in
reading, spelling, writing, math or technology
needed to learn and perform satisfactorily on the job,
we will take that graduate back. |
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If you are not
satisfied with one of our graduates, please call the Office of the
Superintendent (517) 841-8100. Our staff will contact the graduate
and offer additional, free coursework.
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Grants
Many grants have been received by the Western
School District in 2005-2006 to provide additional services to our
students. Several of these grants provide assistance to
students and teachers: Title I, Safe Drug Free Schools and
Communities, Professional
Development, Gifted and Talented, Title II, Title IV, and others.
As part of the Class Size Reduction funding, language arts
specialists continue to serve first graders in each of the three
elementaries. Helping to reduce class size is a strategy to help
young children learn to read earlier and to be more successful
throughout their school years.
Other grants received include: Michigan School Readiness and Career
Prep.
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